Ten celebrities face the daunting challenge of producing a weekly glossy magazine under the editorship of Fleet Street legend Janet Street Porter and the big question is: can they hack it?

The rookie reporters taking part in Deadline are Abi Titmuss, Dean Holdsworth, Chris Parker, Dom Joly, Yvette Fielding, Iwan Thomas, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Lisa I’Anson, Ingrid Tarrant and Blair McDonough .

In Deadline the reporters will have to write the stories, forage for gossip, interview their peers and ‘out-pap’ the paparazzi. But will they able to match the standards required by their experienced editor?

The pressure will be immense as not only are they making an entirely new magazine – it will be inserted into UK’s biggest selling women’s weekly Closer.

The celebrities will have to impress larger than life paparazzi Darryn Lyons who will run the picture desk and showbiz writer Joe Mott who will be making sure their writing is up to scratch.

Over six weeks viewers will see the hopefuls pull together all the elements that make up a magazine and as time goes on and the pressure rises, it will become clear who can hack it…and who can’t. Each week, a celebrity who’s not cut out for life on the fast paced mag will be singled out and fired, no doubt with a few choice remarks ringing in his or her ear.

Will the pro’s manage to knock their willing victims into shape? And will the celebrities make use of their little black books to get the ultimate exclusive?

From the moment the twice weekly show starts, the pampered stars will have to turn their backs on the world of air-kissing and spray-on smiles and get down and dirty in the cut throat world of celebrity gossip.